Camel racing injuries among children

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-293

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a   Al Mulla, Fatima H ^b   Al Humoud, Suhail M Q ^b   Azhar, Abdulaziz ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Camel; Casualties; Children; Injuries; Prevention; Race; Rehabilitation; Sport; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPETITION; DESERT; DISABILITY; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; SPORT INJURY; THORAX INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAMELS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDAN;

EID: 25444431506     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000181440.33645.01     Document Type: Article

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